Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-29


Senitor Beilder, II years o q, at Goguac
Lake accidentally shot Willie Surby aged
, ID through both thighs, with small ri G
while at play The wound is a al one
but the boy will probably recover.
Thomas c. kinch of Paris, Mecosta coun
-, fell in front of the knives of mower
while the horses alta he'd TO il were run
ming away. lie VS. horribly cut and
bruised and died the next morning
a species of epizootic is affecting the
cattle of Conway, and much valuable
stock has recently been lost. The first
symptoms noticed is that cattle will con.
tinually rub their noses against the fences.
Thomas Paddock, a farmer and a poor
man, lost $50 the other evening at or near
Coldwater. He drew the money from the
bank 10 make a final payment on his farm,
but when he reached home could find il
nowhere.
The Michigan normal college at Flint
has passed into the hands of stock com
pany composed OF the business men of
that city. The capital stock OF the organi-
cation will be $500, divided into 100
equal shares.
A. A. Anderson of lshpeming, ex-sherif
OF Marquette county, and one OF the most
prominent mining men OF the PENN ,ula
was seriously njured the other afternoon
by being thrown from a carriage. His re-
covery Is doubtful.
No rain fell in the neighborhood Of Mar
shah from the 4th inst, until the 2lst..
during which period the temperature ran
from 20 TO lC6 in the shade Growing
crops have been seriously affected by the
intense heat and lack of moisture.
The Michigan railway passenger agents
have agreed to grant hllf rates to the
soldiers and sailors gatherings at Ionia.
! Three River, and Adrian, and one and one
third rates to al state camp meetings
with one half rates on two days
Tie reunion OF the Eighteenth Michigan
iniantry will take place at Tecumseh Au
gust ) and is expected that Gen. Gran
ger, |. :. "A. ten. Doolitt.e Of Ohio; Gov.
Luce and ley. i Arlington Gardner, the
eio Iuent so der preacher, viii be present.
The large barn at Comstock in kalama
100 county, owned by Caleb Patterson.
together with its contents was destroyed
10y fire the other morning Loss, $4,000.
Insured for $500 in tine kalamazoo Farm
ers' Mutual Cau,e, spontaneous com
bustion.
As surveyed, the Saginaw q Durand
road will pas through Bridgeport and
plymouth, in Saginaw county; Montrose,
Flushing and Clayton ownships in Gene
see county; and Venice and Vernon, in
Shiawa.s see county. where Durand is To-
Gated.
The Muskegon Car company have now
under way contracts for l,O0O cars, Of
which 800 are for the Chicago Milwaukee
q St Paul railroad. There are only 800
men at work now, but the managers say
they want 100 more as soon as they can
get them
The board OF regents of the university |
has awarded contracts TO d. j. Ross for |
the city addition TO the mechanical labo- |
ratory for Sll.GO0, and the new boiler |
house for $500 !. X. Pond, the Chicago |
architect, is drafting plans for the hygenic |
laboratory
Allen +. May, was arrested at Red Oak, |
Iowa recently, FOR the larceny Of a watch |
and chain from Mrs. Law on OF Jack, on, |
last June va ued at $50. The watch was
pawned in Jackson and the chain at Red
Oak The officer recovered both. May is
The men employed on the first section
of the Toledo, Ann Aroor & Chicago rail-
road, struck the other morning for 81 80 |
per day. They were getting 81 IS. After
a little discussion of the question the de
mand was granted, the men returned to
work and the great strike was ended
The record OF Pension Agent McKinstry
of Detroit, just made up for the fiscal year
ending June 3d. shows payment during
the year of So 744,0i).ll. The payments in
June amounted to S43 52l.4 The num-
Ter of pensioners on the roll when Mr..
took charge Of the Office was
some $4,000 Now it is 1928.
Bay county has expended recently a
large sum of money in constructing good
wagon roads, and her citizens are SO
tickled over them that they have now
voted 10000 additional for the same pur-
pose. The roads are constructed OF
layer of large. flat stones eight inches
down with a filling OF smaller stones and
earth.
The following directors were elected at
the annual meeting of the Duluth, South
Shore q Atlantic railroad company in
Marquette a few days ago o. 80 OF the
S2OOoO shares OF stock being represe nted
James Mcmillan and Hugh Mcmillan, De
troit; Saml Thomas, Calvin l.. Byro,
New York; {. r. Cummings, Chicago; A.
ID. Juillard and George l. Senev New
York
William Mijer, an Nged Holander of
Grand Rapids, was found dead in hi,
'istern the other morning. He had risen
the other night as was customary for him
and went out TO sit on the back stoop. un.
lsrneath which was the cistern. Some
careless perion had left the top off, and he
tell in. Having only one arm, he was un
able to extricate himself and met his
ieath
A man who gives his name as Thomas
)'Brien has been arrested at Chicago on
suspicion OF being one Of the gang who
Daniel b. Brown of Ann Ar.
DOT, out of 81 700 Brown has clearly iden-
.ified him and requisition has been
granted by Gov. Luce. In handling his